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UNITED STATES PATENT Cl ment LEOPOLD P. GARGIN AND ALFRED W. BALDWIN, OFSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

DOOR-WICKET.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 241,485, dated May 17,1881.

Application filed June 2, 1880. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEOPOLD P. GAR- CIN and ALFRED W. BALDWIN, of thecity and county of San Francisco, in the State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door -Wickets; and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improvedwicket, showing it as applied to a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionthereof; Fig. 3, a detail plan view of the outer perforated plate, andFig. 4 is a similar view of the hinged door and frame.

The present invention has relation to that class of doorwickets in whichan opening through the door is covered upon the outside with a gratingor perforated plate, and upon the inside of the door with a small dooror sash adapted to be openedor closed.

The object of this construction of door-wickets is to enable a personinside of a house to converse with and inspect the person who knocks orrings the door-bell before opening the door to admit the caller into thehouse, the grating also admitting air for ventilating purposes. Thisform of door-wicket, although very common, was open to a very seriousobjection, as the hinged or sliding door consisted of a frame in whichwas secured a glass panel. Malicious persons could therefore break theglass by inserting. sticks or other objects through the openings in thegrating or perforated plate. It is therefore essential that the panel ordoor should be of such material that no injury thereto will occur, andalso to so simplify the construction of the wicket as to enable the sameto be applied to any of the ordinary doors with comparatively littleexpense. These objects we attain by the construction shown in thedrawings, and hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an ordinary door of a house.In this door, at a convenient height, is made an opening of sufficientsize to give a person who looks through it from the inside a view of theperson standin g on the outside. Around this opening, upon both sides ofthe door, is formed a recess, or the door is cut away to receive aperforated plate or grating,B, andaframe, a, to which is hinged thecast-metal door O, provided with asuitable catch, b, for retaining thedoor closed.

The manner of connecting the wicket to the door is very simple, and willbe understood from the following:

The metallic perforated plate B has welded to it screw-threaded bolts 0,which pass through holes in the door A, said bolts being sufficientlylong to project beyondthe inner side of the door. Alter the plate B hasbeen placed in position over the opening and the bolts 0 insertedthrough the holes in the door, the frame a, which also has bolt-holes atits four corners,is placed over the projecting ends of thescrew-threaded bolts, and the frame a held securely in place around theopening in the door A by suitable clamping-nuts d. I

It will thus be seen that a very simple construction of Wicket isobtained with comparatively small cost,,and which may be readilyattached to any of the ordinary doors with little trouble, and can bequickly detached and removed for cleaning or repairing.

The door-wicket being entirely constructed of metal, it is very durable,and there is no danger of its being injured by malicious persons fromthe outside of the door; nor can it be removed by them, as the nuts 0are upon the inside.

The wicket is especially useful at night, when it is desirable to learnthe character of the person who seeks admission and the nature of hisbusiness before opening the door, thus in many cases avoiding thenecessity of opening it and preventing the inrush of cold air into thehouse, especially in winter.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A doorwicket composed wholly ofmetal, consisting of the perforated plate B, having rigidly connected toits inner side screw-bolts c, in combination with the frame on, havinghinged thereto door 0, and secured over the projecting ends of thescrew-bolts upon the inner side of the door A by nuts 0, substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

LEOPOLD P. GARCIN. ALFRED W. BALDWIN.

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